Gaston Early College High School

Gaston Early College High School is one of the very small secondary schools in Dallas, North Carolina, one of the schools within Gaston County Schools, with 235 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Gaston Early College High School sits 69% leaner than that benchmark.

Gaston County Schools comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 30,995 students; Gaston Early College High School is among them.

Demographically, Gaston Early College High School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, Gaston Early College High School records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Gaston Early College High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gaston County (around 85%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Gaston County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,478 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which Gaston Early College High School is one.

Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gaston Early College High School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gaston Early College High School has showed little movement, going from 239 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 73% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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